Cooking utensil.



J. MULLER.

COOKING UTENSIL.

APPLICATION man Anja, 1914.-

Patented Nov. 30, 1915.

COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH CO..\VASIHNGTON. D. c.

JOSEPH MULLER, OF NEW YORK. N. Y.

COOKING- UTENSIL.

Specification of Letters atent.

Fatented Nov. 30, 1915.

Application led Apri] 3, 1914. Serial No. 829,344.

To all fr/wm t may concern:

Be it known that l, JosnPH MULLER, a subject of Austria-Hungary, residing at New York, in the county of N ew York and State of New York, have invented new and useful improvements in Cooking Utensils, of which the following is a speciiication.

The general object of this invention is the provision of a cooking utensil, whereby the same may be employed for'cooking foods in various manners such as by boiling, steaming and the like.

Another object is to facilitate the opera.- tion of cooking various foods and to reduce to a maximum the labor' attendant upon cooking the same. And to these ends the nvention consists of a receptacle, having an internal annular rib, a. detachable meshed wire container suspendedly positioned on the rib within the receptacle and an agitator positioned within the receptacle and adapted to be actuated for stir 1ing the contents thereof.

Other objects will appear and be better understood from that embodiment of my invention of which the following is a specilication, reference being had to the accompanying drawing's formed part hereof, in which- Figure I, is a vertical sectional view of the invention, Fig. 2, is a detail top plan view of the container and, Fig. 3, is a detail perspective view of the agitator, showing the parts separated, for the sake of cleanness.

s shown in the drawings, the invention comprises the receptacle 5 and its cover 6, the container 7 which is detachably positioned Within the receptacle and the agitator 8.

The receptacle 5, is preferably cylindrical in shape, and may be made of any suitable material such as tin or enameled metal. The upper edge of the receptacle is bent over so as to provide the usual bend 9; and an annular rib l0 is toi-ined on the periphery of the receptacle and in spaced relation with the bottom of the latter. This annular rib is disposed inwardly, as shown, and operates as a supporting ledge for the container 7 when the latter is positioned within the receptacle. The cover 6 may be formed of a single piece of metal and is preferably of the same material as the receptacle. The cover is provided with an annular flange ll, and a depending portion l2, which lits snugly within the receptacle and admits of the flange resting on the beaded edge 9. The cover 1s further provided with suitable handles or knobs 13, and is also centrally pierced, as at lel, so as to permit the projection there through of the shank ol the agitator, as shown.

The container i', is cylindrical in shape so as to conform to the shape oft the receptacle, and is preferably ot' a smaller diameter than the interior or' the receptacle for die purpose ot permitting it to be readily inserted and withdrawn from the receptacle when desired. rlhe container is preferably formed ot suitable meshed wire screening and may be of any depth desired, and as shown it is prov lded at its upper edge with an annular ring 15, for the purpose of engaging with the rib l0 of the receptacle, so that it may be suspendedly held within the receptacle at a distance from the bottom thereof. lulounted on the rim'of the container and arranged at diainetrically opposite points thereon, is a pair of uprights 16, whose upper ends ter minate in downwardly disposed hooks 17. for-the purpose of providing suitable handles for the container, whereby the same may be readily positioned r removed at will. ln

Vorder to permit the passage of the agitator through the container, the bottom oi the latter is provided with an opening 18, and to prevent the fraying of 'the wire structure, a suitable bearing or collar 19 is provided therein as shown. C

For the purpose of readily assembling the parts and for facilitating the cleansing of the same, the agitator 8 is provided in three parts, namely, the handle 20, the shaft 2l, and the paddle 22. The shaft portion is centrally positioned in the cooking utensil and is loosely litted Iin the openingl lei and 18 provided respectively in the cver and the container. The paddle 22 normally rests on the bottom of the receptacle 5, and is of sulhcient length to effect the complete stirring of the contents thereof, whereby to prevent the solid ingredients from settling in the bottom of the receptacle and burning thereon, the upper edge of the paddle ,is provided with a bearing portion 23, which is provided with an interiorly screw threaded bore 24:, for the pu 1pose of receiving the reduced lower end portion 25 ot' the shaft 2l as shown. The upper end 2G of the shank is adapted to project beyond the upper surface of the cover, and is angular in shape so as to be non-rotatably lOfl Sil

fitted in the handle 20. As shown the handle is angular-ly disposed to the shaft, and thus operates as a crank, and as will be readily seen, the contents resting on the bottom of the receptacle may be agitated with the paddleby simply rotating the handle 20.

rEhe shaft 21 is provided at a point between its ends with a shoulder 21 upon which the bearing 19 may rest when the parts are assembled as shown in Fig. 1. Therefore the shaft serres as a support for the intermediate portion of the wire structure and its contents. When the parts are assembled the shaft 21 without the handle 20 is inserted through the bearing 19 and the handle 20 is then applied to the upper end of the shaft.

As shown in Fig. I, a suitable handle 27, is provided on the outer side of the utensil A, which thus admits of the saine being carried about when desired. The utensil may be used for either steaming or boiling foods, and obviously these manners of cooking are determined by the quantity of water contained in the receptacle 5. Then the utensil is employed as a steamer, the food to be cooked is prepared and placed in the wire container 7, and water is placed in the receptacle such as shown by the broken lines b. l'low it will be seen that as the water boils, the steainarising therefrom will saturate the food and throughly cook the same, whereupon the container may be lifted out Copies oi this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Washington, D. C.

Vof the receptacle by means of the handles 17, and the food removed. In the case of using the utensil for boiling, such as in making soups and the like, the necessary ingredients are placed in the wire container and water is placed in the receptacle such as shown by the broken lines C. cooked, the wire container may be withdrawn if desired and the remaining" contents of the receptacle will be clear broth, thus obviating the necessity of straining the same. It will be understood that where the use of the agitator .is not needed, the same may be removed from the utensil.

What I claim as new is;

A cooking utensil comprising a receptacle having an internal rib formed thereon, a ring adapted to rest upon said rib, spaced handles fixed to the ring and lying against the inner surface of the receptacle, a flexible wire screen container attached to the ring and extending down below the lower side of the rib, an inflexible bearing located at the center of the container and an agitator having its shaft journaled in said bearing and provided with a shoulder which engages under the bearing.

ln testimony whereof I aix my signature in presence of twoV witnesses.

JOSEPH MULLER.

Witnesses Griso. A. BYRNE, M. E. LAUGHLIN.

Commissioner of Patents,

Upon the soup being. 

